It is basically a traditional IRA which also has an allowance to pull for medical bills without the early withdrawal penalty of 10%.I am lucky in that my wife gets full medical benefits for our family from here employer so this is not an issue for me.

Although there are probably some very good part-time agents out there, someone who works for minimum wage at McDonald's full-time and can't get up enough real estate business to let that income go probably has something wrong with their skills or knowledge base.Conversely, there are plenty of full-time agents who basically retired years ago but are still willing to let you pay them for doing nothing.If they are full-time, how many transactions do they do in a year?

Imagine a duplex built maybe circa 1950, and a hardworking youngish guy with some DIY skills and smarts buys it as a good investment new, self-manages it and kept it up nicely for thirty-some years.

Traveling medical professional rental is very good.

Your tenants will not likely be able to afford it and may have difficulty getting to a store to purchase  blinds and get them home on the bus and then they probably won't have to tools and/or skills to install them.

Presumably you have handy man skills you can mention, which makes the remodel viable...

I've got basic SEO skills, by no means have i graduated into any deity yet.

@Brenda Mercado BaezI'm not sure if you're aware, but you've posted in the Landlording forums.Perhaps if you posted in the Real Estate Investing forum, more people with that skill set might see it and be able to help.

In debt due to medical school, which we promptly paid off with a real paycheck coming in. 

Sometimes it means adding a hot tub and/or a economical pool, or even outsourcing the STR management to a really strong PM with killer marketing skills.